When I enable HIGHMEM I/O (CONFIG_HIGHIO=y) in gentoo-sources-2.4.20-r5 the kernel produced will not boot. I have two MP machines (each with 2gb RAM) in which this problem surfaces. I have also tried enabling HIGHMEM I/O using gentoo-sources-2.4.20-r3 with no success. Vanillia-sources (2.4.21) works no problems. Also related, is that enabling HIGHMEN (CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G=y) causes my reiserfs module to complain (and not load) of unresolved symbols (relating to highmemory). If I do *NOT* enable highmem I/O the kernel will boot. I have tried using a monolithic kernel (with all modules directory compiled in), which also doesn't boot. This problem occurs on two MP machines. I have tried emerging new sources and cleaning up the modules as described in bug #21742. The IDE controller used *is* the VIA controller, which is compiled into the kernel (which is why I didn't try to add to bug #21742). The hardware on machine #1 is: Dual Tualatin 1.26ghz 512KB Cache Aopen DX34R-U Motherboard (BIOS set to MPS Rev 1.4) 4 PC100 512mb ECC SDRAM (2gb Total) Using Netgear NIC (Tulip Chip) 3ware 6800 8-port RAID Controller 1 IDE boot disk 1 IDE floppy 1 IDE DVD-ROM Machine #2 is: Dual Pentium III 733mhz Supermicro P3TDDE motherboard (BIOS set to MPS Revision 1.4) 2 1gb PC100 ECC Registered SDRAM (2gb Total) Using Onboard LAN (Intel) 3ware 6800 Raid Controller NCR SCSI controller SCSI DVD-ROM IDE FLoppy IDE boot disk All system packages are current as of 7/20/03 Reproducable: Always. Steps to reproduce: Enable Highmem (4gb) Enable HIGHMEM I/O Compile Boot Actual Results. Kernel doesn't boot. Grub will boot into kernel, last message on screen is "uncompressing kernel, please wait" and then...Nothing. Have waited over 1 hour to see if kernel boots...It doesn't. Expected results: Kernel should boot and I see my 2gb of RAM. Here is my .config (gentoo 2.4.20-r5) # # Automatically generated by make menuconfig: don't edit # CONFIG_X86=y # CONFIG_SBUS is not set CONFIG_UID16=y # # Code maturity level options # CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y # # Loadable module support # CONFIG_MODULES=y CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y CONFIG_KMOD=y # # Processor type and features # CONFIG_LOLAT=y CONFIG_LOLAT_SYSCTL=y # CONFIG_M386 is not set # CONFIG_M486 is not set # CONFIG_M586 is not set # CONFIG_M586TSC is not set # CONFIG_M586MMX is not set # CONFIG_M586MMX31 is not set # CONFIG_M686 is not set # CONFIG_MPPRO31 is not set # CONFIG_M68631 is not set # CONFIG_MPENTIUMIII is not set CONFIG_MPENTIUMIII31=y # CONFIG_MPENTIUM4 is not set # CONFIG_MPENTIUM431 is not set # CONFIG_MK6 is not set # CONFIG_MK6231 is not set # CONFIG_MK7 is not set # CONFIG_MK731 is not set # CONFIG_MXP31 is not set # CONFIG_MMP31 is not set # CONFIG_MELAN is not set # CONFIG_MCRUSOE is not set # CONFIG_MWINCHIPC6 is not set # CONFIG_MWINCHIP2 is not set # CONFIG_MWINCHIP3D is not set # CONFIG_MCYRIXIII is not set CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG=y CONFIG_X86_XADD=y CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y # CONFIG_RWSEM_GENERIC_SPINLOCK is not set CONFIG_RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM=y CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT=5 CONFIG_X86_HAS_TSC=y CONFIG_X86_GOOD_APIC=y CONFIG_X86_PGE=y CONFIG_X86_USE_PPRO_CHECKSUM=y CONFIG_X86_MCE=y # CONFIG_TOSHIBA is not set # CONFIG_I8K is not set CONFIG_MICROCODE=m CONFIG_X86_MSR=m CONFIG_X86_CPUID=m # CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM is not set CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G=y # CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G is not set CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y CONFIG_HIGHPTE=y CONFIG_1GB=y # CONFIG_2GB is not set # CONFIG_3GB is not set # CONFIG_05GB is not set CONFIG_HIGHIO=y # CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set CONFIG_MTRR=y CONFIG_SMP=y CONFIG_PREEMPT=y # CONFIG_MULTIQUAD is not set # CONFIG_X86_TSC_DISABLE is not set CONFIG_X86_TSC=y CONFIG_HAVE_DEC_LOCK=y # # General setup # CONFIG_HZ=200 CONFIG_NET=y CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC=y CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC=y CONFIG_PCI=y # CONFIG_PCI_GOBIOS is not set # CONFIG_PCI_GODIRECT is not set CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y # CONFIG_ISA is not set CONFIG_PCI_NAMES=y # CONFIG_EISA is not set # CONFIG_MCA is not set # CONFIG_HOTPLUG is not set # CONFIG_PCMCIA is not set # CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI is not set CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT=y CONFIG_SYSCTL=y CONFIG_KCORE_ELF=y # CONFIG_KCORE_AOUT is not set CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=m CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=m # CONFIG_SYSTRACE is not set # CONFIG_PM is not set # CONFIG_APM is not set # # ACPI Support # # CONFIG_ACPI is not set # # Memory Technology Devices (MTD) # # CONFIG_MTD is not set # # Parallel port support # # CONFIG_PARPORT is not set # # Plug and Play configuration # # CONFIG_PNP is not set # CONFIG_ISAPNP is not set # # Block devices # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD is not set # CONFIG_PARIDE is not set # CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_DA is not set # CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_CISS_DA is not set # CONFIG_CISS_SCSI_TAPE is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DAC960 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UMEM is not set # CONFIG_CDROM_PKTCDVD is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE=4096 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD is not set CONFIG_BLK_STATS=y # # Enterprise Volume Management System # # CONFIG_EVMS is not set # CONFIG_EVMS_LOCAL_DEV_MGR is not set # CONFIG_EVMS_DOS_SEGMENT_MGR is not set # CONFIG_EVMS_GPT_SEGMENT_MGR is not set # CONFIG_EVMS_SNAPSHOT is not set # CONFIG_EVMS_DRIVELINK is not set # CONFIG_EVMS_BBR is not set # CONFIG_EVMS_LVM is not set # CONFIG_EVMS_MD is not set # CONFIG_EVMS_MD_LINEAR is not set # CONFIG_EVMS_MD_RAID0 is not set # CONFIG_EVMS_MD_RAID1 is not set # CONFIG_EVMS_MD_RAID5 is not set # CONFIG_EVMS_AIX is not set # CONFIG_EVMS_OS2 is not set # # Multi-device support (RAID and LVM) # # CONFIG_MD is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD is not set # CONFIG_MD_LINEAR is not set # CONFIG_MD_RAID0 is not set # CONFIG_MD_RAID1 is not set # CONFIG_MD_RAID5 is not set # CONFIG_MD_MULTIPATH is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LVM is not set # # Cryptography support (CryptoAPI) # # CONFIG_CRYPTO is not set # CONFIG_CIPHERS is not set # CONFIG_DIGESTS is not set # CONFIG_CRYPTODEV is not set # # Networking options # CONFIG_PACKET=y CONFIG_PACKET_MMAP=y # CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV is not set # CONFIG_NETFILTER is not set # CONFIG_FILTER is not set CONFIG_UNIX=y CONFIG_INET=y # CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST is not set # CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER is not set # CONFIG_IP_PNP is not set # CONFIG_NET_IPIP is not set # CONFIG_NET_IPGRE is not set # CONFIG_ARPD is not set CONFIG_INET_ECN=y CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES=y # CONFIG_IPV6 is not set # CONFIG_KHTTPD is not set # CONFIG_ATM is not set # CONFIG_VLAN_8021Q is not set # CONFIG_IPX is not set # CONFIG_ATALK is not set # # Appletalk devices # # CONFIG_DEV_APPLETALK is not set # CONFIG_DECNET is not set # CONFIG_BRIDGE is not set # CONFIG_X25 is not set # CONFIG_LAPB is not set # CONFIG_LLC is not set # CONFIG_NET_DIVERT is not set # CONFIG_ECONET is not set # CONFIG_WAN_ROUTER is not set # CONFIG_NET_FASTROUTE is not set # CONFIG_NET_HW_FLOWCONTROL is not set # # QoS and/or fair queueing # # CONFIG_NET_SCHED is not set # # Network testing # # CONFIG_NET_PKTGEN is not set # CONFIG_IPSEC is not set # # Telephony Support # # CONFIG_PHONE is not set # CONFIG_PHONE_IXJ is not set # CONFIG_PHONE_IXJ_PCMCIA is not set # # ATA/IDE/MFM/RLL support # CONFIG_IDE=y # # IDE, ATA and ATAPI Block devices # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y CONFIG_IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE=y # CONFIG_IDEDISK_STROKE is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_VENDOR is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_FUJITSU is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_IBM is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_MAXTOR is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_QUANTUM is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_SEAGATE is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK_WD is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_COMMERIAL is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TIVO is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECS is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI is not set # CONFIG_IDE_TASK_IOCTL is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640_ENHANCED is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ISAPNP is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000 is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OFFBOARD is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_FORCED is not set CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y # CONFIG_IDEDMA_ONLYDISK is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y # CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_WIP is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_TIMEOUT is not set # CONFIG_IDEDMA_NEW_DRIVE_LISTINGS is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ADMA=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AEC62XX is not set # CONFIG_AEC62XX_TUNING is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ALI15X3 is not set # CONFIG_WDC_ALI15X3 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_AMD74XX is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD64X is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD680 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CY82C693 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CS5530 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT34X is not set # CONFIG_HPT34X_AUTODMA is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HPT366 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PIIX is not set # CONFIG_PIIX_TUNING is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NS87415 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OPTI621 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC202XX is not set # CONFIG_PDC202XX_BURST is not set # CONFIG_PDC202XX_FORCE is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SVWKS is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SIS5513 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SLC90E66 is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRM290 is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX=y # CONFIG_IDE_CHIPSETS is not set CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y # CONFIG_IDEDMA_IVB is not set # CONFIG_DMA_NONPCI is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_MODES=y # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID_PDC is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID_HPT is not set # # SCSI support # CONFIG_SCSI=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y CONFIG_SD_EXTRA_DEVS=40 # CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST is not set # CONFIG_CHR_DEV_OSST is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR is not set # CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SCH is not set # CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG is not set CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN=y CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS=y # CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING is not set # # SCSI low-level drivers # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_3W_XXXX_RAID=m # CONFIG_SCSI_7000FASST is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_ACARD is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_AHA152X is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1542 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1740 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_AACRAID is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_AIC79XX is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX_OLD is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_DPT_I2O is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_ADVANSYS is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_IN2000 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_AM53C974 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_MEGARAID is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_BUSLOGIC is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_CPQFCTS is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_DMX3191D is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_DTC3280 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_EATA is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_DMA is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_PIO is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_FUTURE_DOMAIN is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_GDTH is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_GENERIC_NCR5380 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_IPS is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_INITIO is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_INIA100 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C406A is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C7xx is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_2 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C8XX is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_PAS16 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_PCI2000 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_PCI2220I is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_PSI240I is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_FAS is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_ISP is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_FC is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_1280 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_SEAGATE is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_SIM710 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C416 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_DC395x_TRMS1040 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_DC390T is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_T128 is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_U14_34F is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_ULTRASTOR is not set # CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG is not set # # Fusion MPT device support # # CONFIG_FUSION is not set # CONFIG_FUSION_BOOT is not set # CONFIG_FUSION_ISENSE is not set # CONFIG_FUSION_CTL is not set # CONFIG_FUSION_LAN is not set # # IEEE 1394 (FireWire) support (EXPERIMENTAL) # # CONFIG_IEEE1394 is not set # # I2O device support # # CONFIG_I2O is not set # CONFIG_I2O_PCI is not set # CONFIG_I2O_BLOCK is not set # CONFIG_I2O_LAN is not set # CONFIG_I2O_SCSI is not set # CONFIG_I2O_PROC is not set # # Network device support # CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y # # ARCnet devices # # CONFIG_ARCNET is not set CONFIG_DUMMY=m # CONFIG_BONDING is not set # CONFIG_EQUALIZER is not set # CONFIG_TUN is not set # CONFIG_ETHERTAP is not set # # Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit) # CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y # CONFIG_SUNLANCE is not set # CONFIG_HAPPYMEAL is not set # CONFIG_SUNBMAC is not set # CONFIG_SUNQE is not set # CONFIG_SUNGEM is not set # CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_3COM is not set # CONFIG_LANCE is not set # CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_SMC is not set # CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_RACAL is not set # CONFIG_HP100 is not set # CONFIG_NET_ISA is not set CONFIG_NET_PCI=y # CONFIG_PCNET32 is not set # CONFIG_ADAPTEC_STARFIRE is not set # CONFIG_APRICOT is not set # CONFIG_NET_BCM4400 is not set # CONFIG_CS89x0 is not set CONFIG_TULIP=m CONFIG_TULIP_MWI=y CONFIG_TULIP_MMIO=y # CONFIG_DE4X5 is not set # CONFIG_DGRS is not set # CONFIG_DM9102 is not set # CONFIG_EEPRO100 is not set # CONFIG_E100 is not set # CONFIG_LNE390 is not set # CONFIG_FEALNX is not set # CONFIG_NATSEMI is not set # CONFIG_NE2K_PCI is not set # CONFIG_NE3210 is not set # CONFIG_ES3210 is not set # CONFIG_8139CP is not set # CONFIG_8139TOO is not set # CONFIG_8139TOO_PIO is not set # CONFIG_8139TOO_TUNE_TWISTER is not set # CONFIG_8139TOO_8129 is not set # CONFIG_8139_OLD_RX_RESET is not set # CONFIG_SIS900 is not set # CONFIG_EPIC100 is not set # CONFIG_SUNDANCE is not set # CONFIG_SUNDANCE_MMIO is not set # CONFIG_TLAN is not set # CONFIG_TC35815 is not set # CONFIG_VIA_RHINE is not set # CONFIG_VIA_RHINE_MMIO is not set # CONFIG_WINBOND_840 is not set # CONFIG_NET_POCKET is not set # # Ethernet (1000 Mbit) # # CONFIG_ACENIC is not set # CONFIG_DL2K is not set # CONFIG_E1000 is not set # CONFIG_MYRI_SBUS is not set # CONFIG_NS83820 is not set # CONFIG_HAMACHI is not set # CONFIG_YELLOWFIN is not set # CONFIG_SK98LIN is not set # CONFIG_NET_BROADCOM is not set # CONFIG_TIGON3 is not set # CONFIG_FDDI is not set # CONFIG_HIPPI is not set # CONFIG_PLIP is not set # CONFIG_PPP is not set # CONFIG_SLIP is not set # # Wireless LAN (non-hamradio) # # CONFIG_NET_RADIO is not set # # Token Ring devices # # CONFIG_TR is not set # CONFIG_NET_FC is not set # CONFIG_RCPCI is not set # CONFIG_SHAPER is not set # # Wan interfaces # # CONFIG_WAN is not set # # Amateur Radio support # # CONFIG_HAMRADIO is not set # # IrDA (infrared) support # # CONFIG_IRDA is not set # # ISDN subsystem # # CONFIG_ISDN is not set # # Input core support # # CONFIG_INPUT is not set # CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBDEV is not set # CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV is not set # CONFIG_INPUT_JOYDEV is not set # CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV is not set # # Character devices # CONFIG_VT=y CONFIG_ECC=y # CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE is not set # CONFIG_SERIAL is not set # CONFIG_SERIAL_EXTENDED is not set # CONFIG_SERIAL_NONSTANDARD is not set # CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS is not set # # I2C support # # CONFIG_I2C is not set # # Mice # # CONFIG_BUSMOUSE is not set # CONFIG_MOUSE is not set # # Joysticks # # CONFIG_INPUT_GAMEPORT is not set # CONFIG_QIC02_TAPE is not set # # Watchdog Cards # # CONFIG_WATCHDOG is not set # CONFIG_AMD_RNG is not set # CONFIG_INTEL_RNG is not set # CONFIG_AMD_PM768 is not set CONFIG_NVRAM=m CONFIG_RTC=m # CONFIG_DTLK is not set # CONFIG_R3964 is not set # CONFIG_APPLICOM is not set # CONFIG_SONYPI is not set # # Ftape, the floppy tape device driver # # CONFIG_FTAPE is not set CONFIG_AGP=y # CONFIG_AGP_INTEL is not set # CONFIG_AGP_I810 is not set CONFIG_AGP_VIA=y # CONFIG_AGP_AMD is not set # CONFIG_AGP_AMD_8151 is not set # CONFIG_AGP_SIS is not set # CONFIG_AGP_ALI is not set # CONFIG_AGP_SWORKS is not set # CONFIG_DRM is not set # CONFIG_MWAVE is not set # # Multimedia devices # # CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV is not set # # File systems # # CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL is not set # CONFIG_QUOTA is not set # CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS is not set CONFIG_AUTOFS4_FS=m CONFIG_REISERFS_FS=m # CONFIG_REISERFS_CHECK is not set CONFIG_REISERFS_PROC_INFO=y # CONFIG_SUPERMOUNT is not set # CONFIG_ADFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_ADFS_FS_RW is not set # CONFIG_AFFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_HFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_BEFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_BEFS_DEBUG is not set # CONFIG_BFS_FS is not set CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y # CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR is not set # CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR_SHARING is not set # CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR_USER is not set # CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR_TRUSTED is not set # CONFIG_EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL is not set CONFIG_JBD=y # CONFIG_JBD_DEBUG is not set # CONFIG_FAT_FS is not set # CONFIG_MSDOS_FS is not set # CONFIG_UMSDOS_FS is not set # CONFIG_VFAT_FS is not set # CONFIG_EFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_JFFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_JFFS2_FS is not set # CONFIG_CRAMFS is not set CONFIG_TMPFS=y CONFIG_RAMFS=y CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=m CONFIG_JOLIET=y # CONFIG_ZISOFS is not set CONFIG_JFS_FS=m # CONFIG_JFS_DEBUG is not set CONFIG_JFS_STATISTICS=y # CONFIG_MINIX_FS is not set # CONFIG_VXFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_NTFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_NTFS_DEBUG is not set # CONFIG_NTFS_RW is not set # CONFIG_HPFS_FS is not set CONFIG_PROC_FS=y CONFIG_PROC_CONFIG=m CONFIG_DEVFS_FS=y CONFIG_DEVFS_MOUNT=y # CONFIG_DEVFS_DEBUG is not set # CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS is not set # CONFIG_QNX4FS_FS is not set # CONFIG_QNX4FS_RW is not set # CONFIG_ROMFS_FS is not set CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y # CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR is not set # CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR_SHARING is not set # CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR_USER is not set # CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR_TRUSTED is not set # CONFIG_EXT2_FS_POSIX_ACL is not set # CONFIG_SYSV_FS is not set # CONFIG_UDF_FS is not set # CONFIG_UDF_RW is not set # CONFIG_UFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_UFS_FS_WRITE is not set # # Network File Systems # # CONFIG_CODA_FS is not set # CONFIG_INTERMEZZO_FS is not set # CONFIG_NFS_FS is not set # CONFIG_NFS_V3 is not set # CONFIG_NFS_ACL is not set # CONFIG_ROOT_NFS is not set # CONFIG_NFSD is not set # CONFIG_NFSD_V3 is not set # CONFIG_NFSD_ACL is not set # CONFIG_NFSD_TCP is not set # CONFIG_SUNRPC is not set # CONFIG_LOCKD is not set # CONFIG_SMB_FS is not set # CONFIG_NCP_FS is not set # CONFIG_NCPFS_PACKET_SIGNING is not set # CONFIG_NCPFS_IOCTL_LOCKING is not set # CONFIG_NCPFS_STRONG is not set # CONFIG_NCPFS_NFS_NS is not set # CONFIG_NCPFS_OS2_NS is not set # CONFIG_NCPFS_SMALLDOS is not set # CONFIG_NCPFS_NLS is not set # CONFIG_NCPFS_EXTRAS is not set # CONFIG_ZISOFS_FS is not set CONFIG_FS_MBCACHE=y # # Partition Types # # CONFIG_PARTITION_ADVANCED is not set CONFIG_MSDOS_PARTITION=y # CONFIG_SMB_NLS is not set CONFIG_NLS=y # # Native Language Support # CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT="iso8859-1" # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_737 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_775 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_850 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_852 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_855 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_857 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_860 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_861 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_862 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_863 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_864 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_865 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_866 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_869 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_936 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_950 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_932 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_949 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_874 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_8 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_1250 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_1251 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_2 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_3 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_4 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_5 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_6 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_7 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_9 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_13 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_14 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_15 is not set # CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_R is not set # CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_U is not set # CONFIG_NLS_UTF8 is not set # CONFIG_IMON is not set # # Console drivers # CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y # CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT is not set # CONFIG_MDA_CONSOLE is not set # # Frame-buffer support # # CONFIG_FB is not set # # Sound # # CONFIG_SOUND is not set # # USB support # # CONFIG_USB is not set # # Bluetooth support # # CONFIG_BLUEZ is not set # # Kernel hacking # # CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL is not set # # Library routines # # CONFIG_ZLIB_INFLATE is not set # CONFIG_ZLIB_DEFLATE is not set # CONFIG_QSORT is not set # # Grsecurity # # CONFIG_GRKERNSEC is not set This is a dmesg from the working vanillia 2.4.21 Linux version 2.4.21 (root@meklon.tirn-aill.org) (gcc version 3.2.3 20030422 (Gentoo Linux 1.4 3.2.3-r1, propolice)) #1 SMP Mon Jul 21 20:07:00 CDT 2003 BIOS-provided physical RAM map: BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009fc00 (usable) BIOS-e820: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved) BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved) BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000007fff0000 (usable) BIOS-e820: 000000007fff0000 - 000000007fff3000 (ACPI NVS) BIOS-e820: 000000007fff3000 - 0000000080000000 (ACPI data) BIOS-e820: 00000000fec00000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved) user-defined physical RAM map: user: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009fc00 (usable) user: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved) user: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved) user: 0000000000100000 - 000000007fff0000 (usable) user: 000000007fff0000 - 000000007fff3000 (ACPI NVS) user: 000000007fff3000 - 0000000080000000 (ACPI data) user: 00000000fec00000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved) 1151MB HIGHMEM available. 896MB LOWMEM available. found SMP MP-table at 000f47d0 hm, page 000f4000 reserved twice. hm, page 000f5000 reserved twice. hm, page 000f1000 reserved twice. hm, page 000f2000 reserved twice. On node 0 totalpages: 524272 zone(0): 4096 pages. zone(1): 225280 pages. zone(2): 294896 pages. Intel MultiProcessor Specification v1.4 Virtual Wire compatibility mode. OEM ID: OEM00000 Product ID: PROD00000000 APIC at: 0xFEE00000 Processor #0 Pentium(tm) Pro APIC version 17 Processor #1 Pentium(tm) Pro APIC version 17 I/O APIC #2 Version 17 at 0xFEC00000. Enabling APIC mode: Flat. Using 1 I/O APICs Processors: 2 Kernel command line: root=/dev/hda3 mem=2048M Initializing CPU#0 Detected 1269.550 MHz processor. Console: colour VGA+ 80x25 Calibrating delay loop... 2529.68 BogoMIPS Memory: 2069696k/2097088k available (1284k kernel code, 27004k reserved, 341k data, 260k init, 1179584k highmem) Dentry cache hash table entries: 262144 (order: 9, 2097152 bytes) Inode cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes) Mount cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) Buffer-cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 7, 524288 bytes) Page-cache hash table entries: 524288 (order: 9, 2097152 bytes) CPU: L1 I cache: 16K, L1 D cache: 16K CPU: L2 cache: 512K Intel machine check architecture supported. Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0. CPU: After generic, caps: 0383fbff 00000000 00000000 00000000 CPU: Common caps: 0383fbff 00000000 00000000 00000000 Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done. Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done. Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK. POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX CPU: L1 I cache: 16K, L1 D cache: 16K CPU: L2 cache: 512K Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0. CPU: After generic, caps: 0383fbff 00000000 00000000 00000000 CPU: Common caps: 0383fbff 00000000 00000000 00000000 CPU0: Intel(R) Pentium(R) III CPU family 1266MHz stepping 01 per-CPU timeslice cutoff: 1462.55 usecs. enabled ExtINT on CPU#0 ESR value before enabling vector: 00000000 ESR value after enabling vector: 00000000 Booting processor 1/1 eip 2000 Initializing CPU#1 masked ExtINT on CPU#1 ESR value before enabling vector: 00000000 ESR value after enabling vector: 00000000 Calibrating delay loop... 2536.24 BogoMIPS CPU: L1 I cache: 16K, L1 D cache: 16K CPU: L2 cache: 512K Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#1. CPU: After generic, caps: 0383fbff 00000000 00000000 00000000 CPU: Common caps: 0383fbff 00000000 00000000 00000000 CPU1: Intel(R) Pentium(R) III CPU family 1266MHz stepping 01 Total of 2 processors activated (5065.93 BogoMIPS). ENABLING IO-APIC IRQs Setting 2 in the phys_id_present_map ...changing IO-APIC physical APIC ID to 2 ... ok. init IO_APIC IRQs IO-APIC (apicid-pin) 2-0, 2-16, 2-17, 2-18, 2-19, 2-20, 2-21, 2-22, 2-23 not connected. ..TIMER: vector=0x31 pin1=2 pin2=0 number of MP IRQ sources: 18. number of IO-APIC #2 registers: 24. testing the IO APIC....................... IO APIC #2...... .... register #00: 02000000 ....... : physical APIC id: 02 ....... : Delivery Type: 0 ....... : LTS : 0 .... register #01: 00170011 ....... : max redirection entries: 0017 ....... : PRQ implemented: 0 ....... : IO APIC version: 0011 .... register #02: 00000000 ....... : arbitration: 00 .... IRQ redirection table: NR Log Phy Mask Trig IRR Pol Stat Dest Deli Vect: 00 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 01 003 03 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 39 02 003 03 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 31 03 003 03 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 41 04 003 03 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 49 05 003 03 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 51 06 003 03 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 59 07 003 03 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 61 08 003 03 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 69 09 003 03 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 71 0a 003 03 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 79 0b 003 03 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 81 0c 003 03 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 89 0d 003 03 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 91 0e 003 03 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 99 0f 003 03 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 A1 10 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 11 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 12 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 13 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 14 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 15 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 16 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 17 000 00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 IRQ to pin mappings: IRQ0 -> 0:2 IRQ1 -> 0:1 IRQ3 -> 0:3 IRQ4 -> 0:4 IRQ5 -> 0:5 IRQ6 -> 0:6 IRQ7 -> 0:7 IRQ8 -> 0:8 IRQ9 -> 0:9 IRQ10 -> 0:10 IRQ11 -> 0:11 IRQ12 -> 0:12 IRQ13 -> 0:13 IRQ14 -> 0:14 IRQ15 -> 0:15 .................................... done. Using local APIC timer interrupts. calibrating APIC timer ... ..... CPU clock speed is 1269.5563 MHz. ..... host bus clock speed is 133.6372 MHz. cpu: 0, clocks: 1336372, slice: 445457 CPU0<T0:1336368,T1:890896,D:15,S:445457,C:1336372> cpu: 1, clocks: 1336372, slice: 445457 CPU1<T0:1336368,T1:445440,D:14,S:445457,C:1336372> checking TSC synchronization across CPUs: passed. Waiting on wait_init_idle (map = 0x2) All processors have done init_idle PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfb3f0, last bus=1 PCI: Using configuration type 1 PCI: Probing PCI hardware PCI: Using IRQ router default [1106/0691] at 00:00.0 PCI->APIC IRQ transform: (B0,I10,P0) -> 15 PCI->APIC IRQ transform: (B0,I12,P0) -> 11 PCI->APIC IRQ transform: (B1,I0,P0) -> 11 Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4 Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039 Initializing RT netlink socket Starting kswapd allocated 32 pages and 32 bhs reserved for the highmem bounces Journalled Block Device driver loaded devfs: v1.12c (20020818) Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.csiro.au) devfs: boot_options: 0x1 Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with MANY_PORTS SHARE_IRQ SERIAL_PCI enabled Real Time Clock Driver v1.10e Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 loop: loaded (max 8 devices) Linux agpgart interface v0.99 (c) Jeff Hartmann agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 1919M agpgart: Detected Via Apollo Pro chipset agpgart: AGP aperture is 64M @ 0xe0000000 Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00beta4-2.4 ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx VP_IDE: IDE controller at PCI slot 00:11.1 VP_IDE: chipset revision 6 VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx VP_IDE: VIA vt8231 (rev 10) IDE UDMA100 controller on pci00:11.1 ide0: BM-DMA at 0xd800-0xd807, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA hda: Maxtor 92049U6, ATA DISK drive hdb: TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-M1712, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive blk: queue c0328ca0, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff) ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 hda: attached ide-disk driver. hda: host protected area => 1 hda: 40026672 sectors (20494 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=2491/255/63, UDMA(66) hdb: attached ide-cdrom driver. hdb: ATAPI 48X DVD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache, UDMA(33) Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12 ide-floppy driver 0.99.newide Partition check: /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 p2 p3 ide-floppy driver 0.99.newide SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00 NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0 IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP IP: routing cache hash table of 16384 buckets, 128Kbytes TCP: Hash tables configured (established 262144 bind 65536) NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0. kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem) readonly. Mounted devfs on /dev Freeing unused kernel memory: 260k freed Adding Swap: 1052248k swap-space (priority -1) EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on ide0(3,3), internal journal Linux Tulip driver version 0.9.15-pre12 (Aug 9, 2002) tulip0: MII transceiver #1 config 3000 status 7829 advertising 01e1. eth0: Lite-On 82c168 PNIC rev 32 at 0xf88a8000, 00:A0:CC:5B:B3:52, IRQ 11. 3ware Storage Controller device driver for Linux v1.02.00.032. scsi0 : Found a 3ware Storage Controller at 0xd000, IRQ: 15, P-chip: 5.7 scsi0 : 3ware Storage Controller blk: queue f73e9e18, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff) Vendor: 3ware Model: Logical Disk 0 Rev: 1.0 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00 blk: queue f73e9c18, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff) Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 SCSI device sda: 1640610048 512-byte hdwr sectors (839992 MB) /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 reiserfs: checking transaction log (device 08:01) ... Using r5 hash to sort names ReiserFS version 3.6.25 eth0: Setting full-duplex based on MII#1 link partner capability of 45e1. kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on ide0(3,1), internal journal EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. There are my compile flages from make.conf CFLAGS="-O3 -mcpu=pentium3 -march=pentium3 -fforce-addr -fomit-frame-pointer - funroll-loops -frerun-cse-after-loop -frerun-loop-opt -falign-functions=4" (BTW, still doesn't work if I use basic values of -march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe in make.conf either)
if reiser is complaining about unresolved symbols it is because you have switched higmem on/off without properly cleaning the tree. Try 'make mrproper' or 'make distclean' or just wipe the tree and re-emerge. If you are using ataraid, and want highmem, you cannot use this kernel see bug 23224 for more info. Also, are you familiar with the 'Create a New Attachment' function? Pasting contents of files as large as this into the text of the bug is hard to work with. Jay
I apologize for not using the Attachment feature, I modeled my bug entry after a different one in which they *had* posted their kernel config etc. So the bad behavior just spread :) Anyway, while it would seem that this has been closed, I thought I should still seek to clarify a few things. I *have* tried wiping out the kernel (/usr/src/linux) and remerging it in, and then doing a make dep && make clean && make bzImage modules modules_install. Which still produces a kernel which will not boot when using both Highmem and HIGHMEN I/O enabled. If I only have HIGHMEM enabled, it will boot but reiserfs will still complain about unresolved symbols. Also by ataraid do you mean the ataraid device (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID), or all ATA raid cards like the 3ware ATA raid (which compiles under the SCSI device tree)? Is there likely to be support for HIGHMEN and ATARAID cards (3ware etc)? Thanks.
looking @ this further
i use both highmem & highmem i/o on gentoo-sources 2.4.20-r5 with 3ware cards @ at least 2 different places. I do not see the unresolved symbols you are seeing and all works well. Can you try your .config against pfeifer-sources-2.4.21_pre4? Maybe like this: emerge sync emerge pfeifer-sources (if you want aavm add it your make.conf or export it) cd /usr/src/linux-2.4.21-pfeifer_pre4/ cp foo/bar/.config . (where foo/bar is the location of your .config) make oldconfig make menuconfig (just to check your options are correct) make dep && make clean && make bzImage && make modules modules_install cd arch/i386/boot mount /boot (if needed) cp -a bzImage /boot (run lilo if needed) reboot (ie. init 6) Thanks, Jay
Well the results seem (at the moment) to be mixed. I updated to latest portage builds for system on Machine #2, and then compiled pfeifer-sources with Highmem enabled and HIGHMEM I/O. Following the directions as outlined *does* produce a kernel that will not only boot, but will not produce symbol errors with reiserfs....however it doesn't seem to be stable. At some point in the night (between 16:00 and 6:30am) the machine locked up. No messages on the console, nothing in /var/log/messages. I will see about loading up the pfeifer sources on Machine #1 and see if that one experiences a problem. I have included the package list (pkglist) for Machine #2, if you need/want any other information...just ask.
Created attachment 15610 [details] Machine #2 package list (pkglist)
Created attachment 15611 [details] Machine #2 package list (pkglist)
Yep. I just got the kernel compiled and booted for Machine #1. And it took about 4-5 minutes before the machine became unusable and locked up. So it would seem to be a mixed bag at the moment. pfiefer sources do seem be a step in the right direction for me, but not quite there however.
I disabled HIGHMEM I/O and rebuilt the kernel (using basically the same directions as stated in this Bug report). After rebooting, the machine sees all 2gb of ram, reiserfs module works fine. The system also seems to be stable. Based on that I would say something with highmem I/O is not ok with my systems. Is there any information that would be usefull to figure out why HIGHMEM I/O seems to be broken on these two machines?
Don't know if anyone will see this. But I have FINALLY figured it out. On Two (of three) similiar machines (Dual P3 tualatin capable boards) I have gotten HIGHMEM and HIGHMEM I/O working in SMP mode. The trick seemed to be two fold; 1. Disable ACPI in the BIOS (If available) 2. add acpi=off to the kernel boot options to disable ACPI entirely in the kernel. With this I was able to boot with HIGHMEM and HIGHMEM I/O enabled. I'm very pleased to have found this, the lack of 893mb+(?) memory was very very anoying. Thanks for all the hard work on Gentoo, as I do appreciate it (I bought the 1.4 Release CD and it's the only linux I run at home now)
